L.A. Weekly Music Awards Best Pop/Rock Band "The 88 won over many fans of indie singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, who had heard the CD and asked the group to open an Orange County show and back him on a couple of numbers. Such songs as "Melting in the Sun" and "Sunday Afternoon" have garnered comparisons to the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and the Kinks. Traces of Bowie, Elvis Costello and the Pixies make the 88 fit neatly among such diverse acts as the Strokes, the White Stripes and the Music." -Natalie Nichols, Los Angeles Times "This inspired quintet mines the finest sensibilities from music we hold dear - T Rex, The Kinks, Blur, The Beatles, Bowie - and cooks up something personal, smart, modern, highly contagious, and finely crafted... " -James Combs KCRW, Los Angeles